THz vacuum electronics

Author

Palmer, W. Devereux

Author_Institution

Eng. Sci. Directorate/Electron. Div., US ARL Army Res. Office, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA

fYear

2012

fDate

24-26 April 2012

Firstpage

17

Lastpage

19

Abstract

The US Department of Defense Research and Engineering Enterprise funds leading-edge research that continually expands the boundaries of human capability. Over the past several years, a number of US DoD research programs have focused on creating vacuum electronic devices capable of operating in the THz region of the electromagnetic spectrum, typically defined as 300 GHz to 3,000 GHz. This paper will place these research programs in context, describe the program goals, and highlight selected breakthroughs.

Keywords

millimetre wave devices; submillimetre wave devices; terahertz wave devices; THz vacuum electronics device; US Department of Defense Research; US DoD research; electromagnetic spectrum; engineering enterprise; frequency 300 GHz to 3000 GHz; human capability boundary; Cathodes; Current density; Electron beams; Equations; Mathematical model; US Department of Defense; Vacuum technology; cathodes; electron devices; magnetics; micromachining; submillimeter wave technology;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vacuum Electronics Conference (IVEC), 2012 IEEE Thirteenth International

Conference_Location

Monterey, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-0188-6

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4673-0187-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IVEC.2012.6262056

Filename

6262056